Such a reason, how could he even voice it? Did he take her for a fool?

Yu Qingwu didn't reply, only watched the man lie without changing his expression.

From the collar of his clothes to his neck, she looked carefully. There was clearly a blush on his neck, newly added.

Yu Qingwu had also experienced such things and naturally knew how that was left behind.

So, this was what he called loving her, what he called only loving her alone...

A sharp pain shot through her heart. Qingwu once again pried open the hands that were holding her face and didn't continue the topic.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with coldness, and a forced, faint smile tugged at the corners of her lips as she replied, "So that's how it is. This concubine misunderstood Your Highness."

The gentle voice entered his ears, but it made people feel a chill rise.

After speaking, Yu Qingwu slowly turned around and walked towards the misty wooden tub.

Xie Jin Yan stood there, watching the woman's graceful back gradually enveloped by the mist, his eyes gradually darkening.

After a pause, he slowly walked up.

He very skillfully grasped her slender waist.

Feeling the force on her waist, Yu Qingwu's body stiffened, and the嫣红 mark on his neck immediately appeared in her mind.

"Your Highness, this concubine wants to bathe. Please leave, Your Highness."

Yu Qingwu grasped the hand that intended to do something improper, and a clear, aloof voice came from her throat.

Even though she was deliberately trying to hide it, her intentional aloofness still exposed her true emotions.

Xie Jin Yan naturally also saw that Yu Qingwu was forcing herself to remain calm. Seeing that she wanted to push him away, the force in his hand became even greater. His strong hand tightly held her in his arms, and his lips slowly approached her ear, using an ambiguous and coaxing tone to call her name, "Awu, let's bathe together..."

A burning kiss landed on her slender swan-like neck, tickling and itchy...

Yu Qingwu's whole body trembled violently, and she subconsciously wanted to scratch his hand.

But in the end, she held back, only closed her eyes, and said indifferently, "Your Highness, this concubine is a little tired today."

"Are you angry?" Perhaps hurt by her indifference, Xie Jin Yan stopped his movements.

He sighed a long sigh, leaned over, sat on a stool next to her, then reached out and took Yu Qingwu's hand, raised his eyes and looked at her very gently, explaining in a warm voice, "In a few days, it will be A-Yue's father's death anniversary. When A-Yue's father died, his remains were gone. Even when offering sacrifices, it was just an empty tomb. But this year, because I am busy with affairs in the capital, and A-Yue's husband previously died in a small fishing village, and his remains are still missing. The villagers in the small fishing village suspect that she killed the cook, so she can't go back to offer sacrifices."

"You also know that I always treat A-Yue as a younger sister. She was feeling unwell, so I was just comforting her..."

"Younger sister? This concubine has never seen a younger sister who nibbles on her brother's neck!"

Yu Qingwu had originally wanted to endure it, but at this moment, she finally couldn't hold back.

Her cold voice echoed in the room, and those peach blossom eyes, now reddened, were filled with sarcasm as she looked at the Crown Prince's handsome face. Gazing into those eyes that were so affectionate that one couldn't tell if they were real or fake, she laughed until tears rolled down her cheeks, and gritted her teeth as she said, "The Crown Prince and A-Yue's sibling relationship is truly beyond natural, much closer than other people's siblings."

The more Yu Qingwu spoke, the sharper she became. In the end, she no longer had any scruples, only looked at Xie Jin Yan with an extremely mocking gaze, fiercely retracted her hand, pointed to the door, and said, "Your Highness, please leave. This concubine wants to rest, and you don't need to pretend to be affectionate in front of this concubine anymore. Rest assured, this concubine will definitely block all swords for your beloved A-Yue! You don't need to be secretive. If you like her, just take her as a concubine, why bother?"

"Aren't you tired of acting in front of a woman you don't love every day? Instead of doing that, it's better to have a straightforward transaction. You're comfortable, and I'm at ease. There's no need to always pretend to love me. When you touch me, don't you find it disgusting?"

"Shijie, I..."

"If you don't find it disgusting, I find you dirty!" Xie Jin Yan opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but Yu Qingwu harshly stopped him again.

Disgusting? Dirty?

He was her husband. Was that how she saw him?

The words in Xie Jin Yan's throat instantly choked back, his face also instantly stiffened, and he coldly looked at the woman for a moment, sneering as he asked her, "So, in Shijie's eyes, I am a disgusting and filthy existence? I've already said that I only treat A-Yue as a younger sister. What happened today was also an accident. Why is Shijie still being so unreasonable?"

Unreasonable?

Heh, this was a man. When they haven't obtained something, being temperamental is considered caring about him.

After obtaining it, asking a few more questions becomes being unreasonable.

Besides, if he wasn't guilty, why didn't he dare to tell the truth from the beginning? In the end, it was still because he and A-Yue did have some暧昧.

Shifu was right. Talking about love with someone in a high position is the most foolish behavior.

She had been acting foolishly from the start.

At this time, she should stop the losses in time...

Yu Qingwu pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress the anger in her heart, nodded towards the esteemed Crown Prince, and said, "Your Highness is right, I am just being unreasonable. So, don't waste your words with me here. Go accompany A-Yue if you should accompany her, go visit the brothels if you should visit the brothels. Even if you don't return for a night, you don't need to say anything more to me."

"There's just one thing. Don't touch me again in the future. I'm afraid of getting sick..."

"Yu Qingwu!" Xie Jin Yan shouted sternly, suddenly stood up, and abruptly grabbed her slender wrist.

The mockery in his phoenix eyes had gradually turned into anger, and the color of his pupils was so sinister that it made people feel cold.

He exerted force with his fingers, creating a red mark on her delicate white wrist, and looked at her gloomily, word by word, "Say that again. What did you say? I'm disgusting? I'm dirty? Afraid of getting sick? What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? The literal meaning!"

"What? After pretending to be pure for a few days, does Your Highness think you're really pure? Visiting brothels, sleeping with 花娘, even finding opportunities to have fun on a boat with those 花娘 while on official business. How very interesting. Isn't that Your Highness?"

With anger rising to her head, Yu Qingwu's words were sharp to the extreme.

Xie Jin Yan's face turned green with anger. So, in her eyes, that's what he was like?

But even if he was such a person, didn't she still have to rely on him to take revenge?

For the sake of revenge, she could even abandon her upright and virtuous senior brother. Now she was disgusted by his dirtiness.

Xie Jin Yan closed his eyes, and a sneer appeared on his handsome face, as he went along with her words, "That's right, Yu Qingwu, you're right, I am dirty, I just like to visit brothels."

"So what? Aren't you still relying on your beauty to beg me to do things? What's the difference between you and those 花娘?"

"You嫌 I'm dirty! How clean are you? You're just a higher-class prostitute! Your Xiao Shixiong is clean, why don't you go and please him?"

Xie Jin Yan's eyes were full of anger, and he spoke more and more viciously.

*Pa!* A crisp sound.

Yu Qingwu raised her hand and slapped the man hard on the face.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she pointed to the door, "Get out! Get out!"